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GMOs are essential to feeding the world, proponents say. Tampering with nature is perilous, critics say. Who is right? Scientific American editor Michael Moyer will host a 30-minute conversation at noon EDT to explore this question with David H. Freedman, journalist and author of "Wrong: Why Experts Keep Failing Us—And How to Know When Not to Trust Them." Join in and let us know what questions you'd like us to address. For more on this topic, see our September issue on Food, on newsstands later this week.

Update: Video here! http://www.youtube.com/user/NoisyAstronomer?v=SqIszii4H0c
and here: https://plus.google.com/b/114633249213698877766/114633249213698877766/posts/Qq2jowbYN5h
After an awesome year exploring asteroid Vesta, NASA’s Dawn Mission cruises on to Ceres 2015!
Celebrate at a Dawn Mission Team Hangout!. Moderated by Dawn’s education and public outreach (E/PO) liaison, Dr. Britney Schmidt, and CosmoQuest, we'll talk about the results, the spacecraft, and our hopes for Ceres in 2015. You'll have a chance to ask questions and get involved.
Stars of the show so far?
• Dr. Tom Prettyman, Science Team and GRaND lead, Planetary Science Institute
• Drs. Tim Weise and Charles Gardner, NASA JPL Flight Operations Team
• Drs. Lucille Le Corre and Vishnu Reddy, Framing Camera Team, Max Plank Institute for Solar System Research
• Dr. Debra Buczkowski, Participating Scientist, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory
Submit your questions for the Dawn team by leaving them in the comments section below, on Dawn’s Facebook page, or by using the hashtag #HastaLaVesta on Twitter.
Visit this event page on September 8, 2012 to watch the _Hangout On Air_, and to chime in on the conversation.
Official website: http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/news/hasta_la_vesta.asp
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nasa_dawn
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/dawn.mission
As the schedule and guest list is secured, we'll continue updating this page. Stay tuned for additional details.

The relationship between dairy packaging and composting is not that obvious because much dairy packaging involves plastics, which currently are not compostable. Some thoughts on the #composting of #dairy #packaging on World Environment Day #WED15 ﻿

The relationship between dairy packaging and composting is not that obvious because much dairy packaging involves plastics, which currently are not compostable. Some thoughts on the #composting of #dairy #packaging on World Environment Day #WED15 ﻿___

Composting Food For Thought On World Environment Day #WED15Therelationship between dairy packaging and composting is not that obvious becausemuch dairy packaging involves plastics, which currently are not compostable. In honor of World Environment Day , and to clarify some of the issues around the compostingof d...﻿

Composting Food For Thought On World Environment Day #WED15Therelationship between dairy packaging and composting is not that obvious becausemuch dairy packaging involves plastics, which currently are not compostable. In honor of World Environment Day , and to clarify some of the issues around the compostingof d...﻿___

Earthrise! | NASA Apollo 8This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the fourth nearside orbit. The photo is displayed here in its original orientation, though it is more commonly viewed with the lunar surface at the bottom of the photo. Earth is about five degrees left of the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features on the left are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Height of the photographed area at the lunar horizon is about 175 kilometers.

Earthrise! | NASA Apollo 8This view of the rising Earth greeted the Apollo 8 astronauts as they came from behind the Moon after the fourth nearside orbit. The photo is displayed here in its original orientation, though it is more commonly viewed with the lunar surface at the bottom of the photo. Earth is about five degrees left of the horizon in the photo. The unnamed surface features on the left are near the eastern limb of the Moon as viewed from Earth. The lunar horizon is approximately 780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Height of the photographed area at the lunar horizon is about 175 kilometers.

This is Ololoo, the orphaned teenage African elephant at +The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) in Kenya that was gifted to me as a part of the the Baby Elephant Foster Parent Programme. The gift of a return to the life that he should have had, is one of the most incredibly thoughtful gifts I have ever received.

Ololoo was born Monday, February 02, 2009 in the Masai Mara game reserve which is near the border of Kenya and Tanzania. He was spotted alone in high grass on the opposite bank of the Mara river at the beginning of June 2011 by a Research student, based at the Karen Blixen Camp. It is not known how he came to be an orphan.

By strange happenstance, Ololoo was born at around the same time that +Roger McNamee of +Moonalice found me on Twitter, the beginning of 2009. What a wonder filled journey that has been. What an incredible... more »

The Wonder of Christmas

This is Ololoo, the orphaned teenage African elephant at +The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) in Kenya that was gifted to me as a part of the the Baby Elephant Foster Parent Programme. The gift of a return to the life that he should have had, is one of the most incredibly thoughtful gifts I have ever received.

Ololoo was born Monday, February 02, 2009 in the Masai Mara game reserve which is near the border of Kenya and Tanzania. He was spotted alone in high grass on the opposite bank of the Mara river at the beginning of June 2011 by a Research student, based at the Karen Blixen Camp. It is not known how he came to be an orphan.

By strange happenstance, Ololoo was born at around the same time that +Roger McNamee of +Moonalice found me on Twitter, the beginning of 2009. What a wonder filled journey that has been. What an incredible beginning to this wonderful #Christmas day!

Huge hugs and love to the great friend that brought both Moonalice and Ololoo into my life. And a Very Merry Christmas from me and mine to you and yours!!!!

Musicians and bands like +Roger McNamee's +Moonalice and +Doobie Decibel System are on the leading edge of using video on Facebook as a way to engage fans. Apps like +Magisto make the making of videos really easy!﻿

Musicians and bands like +Roger McNamee's +Moonalice and +Doobie Decibel System are on the leading edge of using video on Facebook as a way to engage fans. Apps like +Magisto make the making of videos really easy!﻿___

If you love the music of +The Beatles and cool, cool harmonies, your're in for a treat! +Roger McNamee's duo with Jason Crosby, the +Doobie Decibel System delivers some great tunes! Here's a taste of one of them - We Can Work It Out!﻿

If you love the music of +The Beatles and cool, cool harmonies, your're in for a treat! +Roger McNamee's duo with Jason Crosby, the +Doobie Decibel System delivers some great tunes! Here's a taste of one of them - We Can Work It Out!﻿___